Syracuse vs. Army football game in 2013? It's possible

AP / 2008Army quarterback Chip Bowden is sacked by Navy's Travis Sudderth and loses his grip on the football during the first half of the 109th Army-Navy game Dec. 6, 2008, in Philadelphia.

Syracuse University football fans who'd like to see the Orange resume its series with in-state service academy Army could get their wish in a few years.

Army director of athletics Kevin Anderson told the Middletown Times Herald-Record on Thursday that a 2013 game against Notre Dame, which had been penciled in at Yankee Stadium, has been canceled by the Irish.

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is not currently on any future SU schedules, but head coach Doug Marrone has expressed interest in playing schools in this state, and you can bet that the Bronx native would love to take his team back home for a game in Yankee Stadium.

The Orange already are scheduled to play Southern California at the New Meadowlands
Stadium in 2012, and they have a game there in 2014 against Notre Dame, so it's hard to imagine they'd object to another game in the New York City market.

SU's 2013 schedule currently includes only non-conference games at Boston College and Northwestern -- as well as the seven Big East games (at least, for now) -- so there's room for several more.

The Orange have faced the Cadets 21 times and leads the series 11-10. The teams last played in 1996, a 42-17 SU victory.